The somewhat concerning part of all this is that as money keeps getting passed back and forth all sums are eventually ground up into smaller and smaller bits until all satoshis are actually broken apart and travel independently (ie, all payments are actually made up of that many satoshi). What then, Satoshalipse?!

No. When a lot of inputs go to one output, they r combined into a big solid chunk of satoshis. Next transaction from the output address will have only 1 input.

Bad news - October was a bad month for the house. Site lost 2,071 BTC. There is thus no October dividend for S.DICE (technically a dividend of 0.00000001 btc was paid today to mark the date)

Good news - This means players profited 2,071 BTC from playing SatoshiDICE in October. You're welcome!

Players seem to be enjoying the new website, check it out if you haven't yet - SatoshiDICE.com

Also, incidence of stuck transactions has been greatly diminished after many little tweaks. Not perfect yet but far fewer transactions are getting stuck. As mentioned, all stuck transactions do pay out eventually. Nothing gets lost in the void.

Also, a fun new thing will be announced in about one week. Stay tuned!

HUGE thank you to SatoshiDice for their donation of 402.33 BTC to the Bitcoin Foundation. Cheers!

Agreed, thanks Erik!

Looks like moving the money from one pocket to other.Guys, it's obvious that u all are in one gang called "The Bitcoin Foundation". What the point to expose this farce?:facepalm:

Moving money from one pocket to other.... hmmmm. Well, the money went from SD to the Foundation. The Foundation is working to improve Bitcoin and advance its adoption, and this will help SD, so yes I suppose you're right. The purpose of the donation was A) to do something nice for Bitcoin Friday and B) to leverage that "nice favor" in a way that helps SD also. Business is about finding mutual benefits. In this case, the Foundation is better off, SD is better off, and the Bitcoin ecosystem is better off with a more robust Friday event.

What do you mean by saying we are all in "one gang?" I suppose you're implying that we all work together... and yes, we do. We work together wherever we can to build Bitcoin. Would you like to help?

HUGE thank you to SatoshiDice for their donation of 402.33 BTC to the Bitcoin Foundation. Cheers!

Will this lower the dividends?

The day ended with 402 btc in earnings, and because it's donated to the Foundation it will not be paid in dividends (neither to myself or any other shareholder).

But let's examine further because it's a tricky question. It's important to understand the "unseen" consequences. The offer to donate to the Foundation brought some new exposure and goodwill to SD. Some number of people played the game on the Friday due to this philanthropic event. This thus changed the revenues for the day and the entire betting patterns. So it's difficult to say if shareholders are ultimately helped or harmed by the donation. Long term, I believe they are helped, and I focus on the long term. Good business is not about scraping short-term earnings for quick profits, but about building valuable assets over time. The donation, in my opinion, greatly helps toward this goal (and if you understood more about the developers struggling with all the transactions SD is spitting at them, this would be very obvious).